I am transforming an old (2004?) Athlon 2400 based box, into a modern machine. I am reusing everything that is still good, including case, 430 watt Antec power supply and two 7200 rpm Seagate SATA ...

Parallel ATA (IDE) uses 40 pins, not 26. 26 was for floppies. But it's a standard 40-pin "header" connector. Sometimes called "IDC". CF cards have the PATA interface on a 50-pin connector. I don't ...

You can get an IDE to USB bridge from all the usual sources, but you may find those fail on the older drives in your collection– apparently they require drives using logical block addressing, which ...

The DriveWire universal hard-drive adapter provides a USB connection to 2.5- or 3.5-in. IDE (integrated-drive-electronics) or SATA (serial-advanced-technology-attachment) drives. The adapter comes ...

There is no need for a master or slave distinction with SATA drives because they each connect to the motherboard with their own SATA cable. Two IDE/PATA drives, on the other hand, could share the same ...

First of New Family of Serial ATA Products Will Save Equipment Manufacturers Time and Money by Providing Increased Connectivity Options SAN JOSE, CA, October 25, 2004 . . . Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ...